tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353108073839990.post6156063982170258764..comments2024-01-26T03:21:01.327-05:00Comments on Bible Immersion: Know that Yahweh has set apart the holy for himself! - Psalms 3 & 4BigDavz0rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12180842109233178736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353108073839990.post-78309771087460005092011-06-17T20:10:03.621-04:002011-06-17T20:10:03.621-04:00Thanks. It's easy as well gloss over Christ in...Thanks. It's easy as well gloss over Christ in Jesus Christ as if it's redundant or a last name or something. <br /><br />It also poses a conundrum for translators. Do you translate it Christ? Messiah? Anointed? Chosen-by-God-to-an-office-person? I think the NIV2011 takes a step in the right direction by translating "christos" as Messiah when it's describing Jesus, and as Christ when it's being used as a title (which is mostly in Paul).BigDavz0rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180842109233178736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604353108073839990.post-6001576509781094912011-06-16T18:56:40.009-04:002011-06-16T18:56:40.009-04:00I really like your literal use of the words messia...I really like your literal use of the words messiah and christ. It is too easy, as Christians who don't speak Hebrew or Greek, to get these words mixed up with God or lord.<br /><br />It is good to remember that David was a messiah/christ. Recently, reading over the story of David helped me to further understand Jesus's kinglike and messiahlike roles.Marknoreply@blogger.com